Directed Inquiry Recording Sheets

Grade K

• Unit A: Looking at Plants and Animals

  Lesson 1: Cricket Needs

  Lesson 2: Make Animal Models

  Lesson 3: Animals Move

  Lesson 4: Animals Grow and Change

  Lesson 5: Plant Needs

  Lesson 6: Plant Parts

  Lesson 7: Measure Plant Growth

  Lesson 8: Compare Leaves

• Unit B: Looking at Earth

  Lesson 1: What Covers Earth?

  Lesson 2: Mountain Models

  Lesson 3: Compare Soils

  Lesson 4: Compare Rivers and Oceans

  Lesson 5: Everyday Resources

  Lesson 5: Saving Paper

• Unit C: Weather and Seasons

  Lesson 1: Observe Weather

  Lesson 2: Observe Wind

  Lesson 3: Model Spring Growth

  Lesson 4: Hot Spot

  Lesson 5: Stay Warm

  Lesson 6: Compare Temperatures

• Unit D: Observing Materials

  Lesson 1: Using Senses

  Lesson 2: Sort Shoes

  Lesson 3: Float or Sink

  Lesson 4: What Magnets Attract

  Lesson 5: Sort by Materials

  Lesson 6: Water Changes

  Lesson 7: Disappearing Water

Grade 1

• Unit A: Needs of Living Things

  Chapter 1: Plants

  • Lesson 1: Observe a Plant
  • Lesson 2: Compare Plant Parts
  • Lesson 3: What Roots Do
  • Lesson 4: Sunlight and Leaves

  Chapter 2: Animals

  • Lesson 1: An Animal's Needs
  • Lesson 2: Animal Parts
  • Lesson 3: Sharp or Flat

• Unit B: Where Plants and Animals Live

  Chapter 3: Living Things Meet Their Needs

  • Lesson 1: Environments
  • Lesson 2: Food Chain
  • Lesson 3: Animal Homes
  • Lesson 4: Hidden Animals

  Chapter 4: Kinds of Environments

  • Lesson 1: Keeping Warm
  • Lesson 2: Make a Stream
  • Lesson 3: Mountain Life

• Unit C: Weather Patterns

  Chapter 5: Weather

  • Lesson 1: Record Weather
  • Lesson 2: Use Weather Tools
  • Lesson 3: The Sun's Warmth

  Chapter 6: Seasons

  • Lesson 1: What to Wear
  • Lesson 2: Grow Plants
  • Lesson 3: Sun and Shade
  • Lesson 4: Fall Weather

• Unit D: Materials and Their Forms

  Chapter 7: Solids, Liquids, and Gases

  • Lesson 1: Find Solids
  • Lesson 2: Compare Liquids
  • Lesson 3: Gas Shapes

  Chapter 8: Changes in Materials

  • Lesson 1: Heating Ice
  • Lesson 2: Cooling Water
  • Lesson 3: Make a Mixture
  • Lesson 4: Burned Toast

Grade 2

• Unit A: Life Cycles

  Chapter 1: Plant Life Cycles

  • Lesson 1: Fruits and Seeds
  • Lesson 2: Plant Seeds
  • Lesson 3: Compare Pea Pods
  • Lesson 4: Sprouting Seeds

  Chapter 2: Animal Life Cycles

  • Lesson 1: Compare Life Cycles
  • Lesson 2: Triops Stages
  • Lesson 3: Train Goldfish
  • Lesson 4: Measure Handspans

• Unit B: Earth's Resources

  Chapter 3: Rocks, Soils, and Fossils

  • Lesson 1: Compare Rocks
  • Lesson 2: Changing Rocks
  • Lesson 3: Compare Soils
  • Lesson 4: Compare Fossils

  Chapter 4: Using Resources

  • Lesson 1: Look for Rocks
  • Lesson 2: Water Use
  • Lesson 3: Water in Soil
  • Lesson 4: Wasted Water

• Unit C: Motion and Forces

  Chapter 5: Objects in Motion

  • Lesson 1: Locate an Object
  • Lesson 2: Objects in Motion

  Chapter 6: Forces

  • Lesson 1: Change Motion
  • Lesson 2: Change Direction
  • Lesson 3: Tools Push and Pull
  • Lesson 4: Falling Objects

• Unit D: Magnets and Sound

  Chapter 7: Magnets

  • Lesson 1: Test Magnets
  • Lesson 2: Filing Patterns

  Chapter 8: Making Sound

  • Lesson 1: Making Sound
  • Lesson 2: High or Low
  • Lesson 3: Loud or Soft

Grade 3

• Unit A: Survival of Living Things

  Chapter 1: Adaptations to Land and Water

  • Lesson 1: Best Bird Beak
  • Lesson 2: Desert Plant
  • Lesson 3: Cold-Water Adaptation

  Chapter 2: When Environments Change

  • Lesson 1: Competition
  • Lesson 2: Feather Failure

  Chapter 3: Organisms of Long Ago

  • Lesson 1: Causes of Extinction
  • Lesson 2: Make a Fossil
  • Lesson 3: Extinct and Living

• Unit B: Patterns in the Sky

  Chapter 4: Our Solar System

  • Lesson 1: Making a Telescope
  • Lesson 2: Planet Movements
  • Lesson 3: Orbiting the Sun
  • Lesson 4: Outer Planets

  Chapter 5: Cycles and Patterns in Space

  • Lesson 1: Shadows in the Sun
  • Lesson 2: Earth's Tilt
  • Lesson 3: Moon Motion
  • Lesson 4: Star Gazing

• Unit C: Matter

  Chapter 6: Properties of Matter

  • Lesson 1: Smaller and Smaller
  • Lesson 2: States of Matter
  • Lesson 3: Changing Matter

  Chapter 7: Chemical Changes

  • Lesson 1: Periodic Table
  • Lesson 2: A Rusty Change

• Unit D: Energy

  Chapter 8: Forms of Energy

  • Lesson 1: Solar Heater
  • Lesson 2: Launch It!
  • Lesson 3: Moving Energy
  • Lesson 4: Circuit Search

  Chapter 9: Light

  • Lesson 1: Shadow Shapes
  • Lesson 2: Ways of Reflecting
  • Lesson 3: Colored Lights

Grade 4

• Unit A: Ecosystems

  Chapter 1: Parts of Ecosystems

  • Lesson 1: Life Support
  • Lesson 2: Right at Home
  • Lesson 3: Observe Ecosystems

  Chapter 2: Interactions of Living Things

  • Lesson 1: Dispersing Seeds
  • Lesson 2: A Mealworm Home
  • Lesson 3: Limits to Growth

• Unit B: Energy and Matter in Ecosystems

  Chapter 3: Energy in Ecosystems

  • Lesson 1: What Owls Eat
  • Lesson 2: A Tangled Web
  • Lesson 3: Observing Microorganisms

  Chapter 4: Matter in Ecosystems

  • Lesson 1: Growing Mold
  • Lesson 2: Vanishing Ecosystem
  • Lesson 3: Recycling Waste

• Unit C: The Solid Earth

  Chapter 5: Rocks and Minerals

  • Lesson 1: Properties of Minerals
  • Lesson 2: Mineral Properties
  • Lesson 3: Looking at Rocks
  • Lesson 4: Rock Cycle Model

  Chapter 6: Rapid Changes on Earth

  • Lesson 1: Earthquake Model
  • Lesson 2: Erupting Volcano
  • Lesson 3: Landslide Model

  Chapter 7: Slow Changes on Earth

  • Lesson 1: Freezing Effects
  • Lesson 2: Effects of Water on Sediment
  • Lesson 3: A Model Glacier

• Unit D: Elecricity and Magnetism

  Chapter 8: Electricity

  • Lesson 1: Build a Charge
  • Lesson 2: Build Circuits
  • Lesson 3: Using Motors

  Chapter 9: Magnetism and Electromagnets

  • Lesson 1: Magnetic Poles
  • Lesson 2: Detecting Earth's Magnetism
  • Lesson 3: Stick to It!
  • Lesson 4: Electricity Use

Grade 5

• Unit A: Systems in Living Things

  Chapter 1: Cells

  • Lesson 1: Get Closer!
  • Lesson 2: Watch Yeast Feast!
  • Lesson 3: Exploring Tissues

  Chapter 2: Plant Systems

  • Lesson 1: Keeping Green
  • Lesson 2: Moving Water in Celery

  Chapter 3: Human Body Systems

  • Lesson 1: How You Rate
  • Lesson 2: Saliva Science
  • Lesson 3: Pass the Sugar

• Unit B: Water on Earth

  Chapter 4: Water Resources

  • Lesson 1: Dividing Up Earth's Water
  • Lesson 2: Water from the Ground
  • Lesson 3: Saving Water

  Chapter 5: The Water Cycle

  • Lesson 1: Ice Melt
  • Lesson 2: Water Cycle Model
  • Lesson 3: The Ocean and Weather

• Unit C: Weather and The Solar System

  Chapter 6: Weather

  • Lesson 1: The Pressure's On!
  • Lesson 2: Circling Around!
  • Lesson 3: Local Forecast
  • Lesson 4: Storm Reporter

  Chapter 7: The Solar System

  • Lesson 1: Sun Test
  • Lesson 2: A Very Long Trip!
  • Lesson 3: Model the Solar System
  • Lesson 4: Planets in a Bowl

• Unit D: Elements and Their Combinations

  Chapter 8: Atoms and Elements

  • Lesson 1: A Giant Atom
  • Lesson 2: Compare Elements

  Chapter 9: Chemical Compounds

  • Lesson 1: Splitting Water
  • Lesson 2: Oil and Water
  • Lesson 3: Acid Test

  Chapter 10: Characteristics of Matter

  • Lesson 1: Surface Tension
  • Lesson 2: Mixing In
  • Lesson 3: Balloon Bath
  • Lesson 4: Milk and Vinegar

Grade 6

• Unit A: Systems in Living Things

  Chapter 1: Earth's Structure

  • Lesson 1: Make a Sundial
  • Lesson 2: A Model Earth
  • Lesson 3: Model a Map

  Chapter 2: Shaping Earth's Structure

  • Lesson 1: Rock Weathering
  • Lesson 2: Set Up a Stream Slope
  • Lesson 3: A World in a Grain of Sand

• Unit B: The Dynamic Earth

  Chapter 3: Evidence of Plate Tectonics

  • Lesson 1: Be a Time Traveler!
  • Lesson 2: Model Pangaea!
  • Lesson 3: Mantle Motion
  • Lesson 4: Picking a Pattern

  Chapter 4: Mountains, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes

  • Lesson 1: Make a Mountain!
  • Lesson 2: Make Waves!
  • Lesson 3: Locating an Earthquake
  • Lesson 4: Volcano Model

• Unit C: Earth's Energy Supply

  Chapter 5: Heating Earth

  • Lesson 1: Light and Dark
  • Lesson 2: Lighten Up!
  • Lesson 3: Circling Around!

  Chapter 6: Energy and Weather

  • Lesson 1: Discovering Dew Point
  • Lesson 2: Spin It!
  • Lesson 3: Graph Your Climate!

• Unit D: Ecology

  Chapter 7: The Biosphere

  • Lesson 1: A Look at Life
  • Lesson 2: Where Do They Live?
  • Lesson 3: Bag It!

  Chapter 8: Roles of Living Things

  • Lesson 1: Identify Your Food
  • Lesson 2: Role Playing
  • Lesson 3: Hide and Seek!

  Chapter 9: Populations

  • Lesson 1: Game of Numbers
  • Lesson 2: Disaster Recovery
  • Lesson 3: Tracking Water Pollution

• Unit E: Earth's Natural Resources

  Chapter 10: Energy Resources

  • Lesson 1: Swing Time
  • Lesson 2: 3…2…1…Oil Game Over?
  • Lesson 3: Heating a Home

  Chapter 11: Material Resources

  • Lesson 1: Recycling!
  • Lesson 2: What Is It Made From?